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Technology upgrades reduce implementation costs and provide the most complete carrier solution for managing backup power.

Kansas City, MO and Bowling Green, KY – October 16, 2017 – Servato Corp., the leading provider of remote battery management, today announced the launch of its newest remote battery management system, the Smart Power System-248™ (SPS-248™). While building on Servato’s foundational and game-changing technology for automated battery measurements and adaptive charging, the SPS-248™ has significant design updates that will make it the ideal system for managing a large portion of network sites and reducing the costs for carriers investing in backup power management.

In less than two weeks Servato representatives will attend both the Mid-America Telecom Showcase & Seminar (MATSS) and the Kentucky Telecom Association (KTA) and Tennessee Telecom Association's (TTA) joint Fall Conference & Supplier Showcase. 

This article was originally published on July 30, 2017 on Battery Power Online. To see the original article, click here.

Lead-acid batteries are the workhorse battery of standby power. Safe, reliable, and cheap, they dominate industries like telecom and utilities where backup batteries are essential in maintaining uninterrupted operations. Today, tens of millions of Valve-Regulated Lead-Acid (VRLA) batteries are in use at millions of sites across the country.Managing these batteries is not easy for the companies that buy them. Most of the time, the sites where these DC power systems are deployed are unmanned and remote. These deployment sites include remote broadband locations, railroad switching stations, or some other type of site where there is a durable cabinet housing industry equipment and the DC power system. In these cases, batteries are subjected to the elements: oppressive heat during the summer, cold during the winter, dust and humidity, animals, and more. The robustness of VRLAs to withstand these factors make them such a great choice in these applications, but the environmental pressures will affect reliability and battery life.

It is not news to anyone how record-breaking storms, Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma, caused torrential damage to the southeastern United States. Most estimates for Hurricane Harvey set the nation’s economy back by $100 billion or as high as $190 billion predicted by Dr. Joel Myers of AccuWeather. Each hurricane’s warpath leaves a trail of infrastructural debris, but the impact extends well beyond the economics. Families lost loved ones, homes leveled to nothing, and small businesses left without a market to serve. The quicker these local economies can get back to working order, the lesser the effects will linger on a national and global level as well. Communication networks need to be reinstated to realize this success.

In just two weeks the ICT industry will gather in Orlando for the biggest show of the year, ISE EXPO. Each year, ISE brings in telecom professionals from all 50 states and many countries for educational sessions and an exhibit hall with hundreds of vendors. 

Servato is attending NCAEC's 2017 Tech Assessment and Strategy for Co-ops Conference

The North Carolina Association of Electrical Cooperatives (NCAEC) serves the needs of their 26 member cooperatives. The focuse of the TASC confernce is to provide members access to the latest education and vendors that can have an impact on security, reliability, and service.

At the Servato booth attendees will be able to learn:

• What remote management looks like and how it leads to improved reliability and cost savings.
• Case studies that demonstrate the value of battery management.
• Efficiencies that can be gained from automation.

Adaptive Charging: Benefits of Adaptive Charging (Part 4 of 4)

This article originally appeared in the 2Q17 edition of Battery Power Magazine. The article is published on our blog in 4 parts. You can access the full article here.

Adaptive Charging Extends Battery Life and Delivers other Benefits
Continuous charging as a method of maintaining standby batteries at a full state of charge has been standard for many years, but has serious negative consequences that can add significant cost to battery management budgets. Continuous float charging accelerates battery failure due to increased temperature, grid corrosion, plate degradation and dry-out.

Adaptive Charging: Principles Adaptive Charging (Part 3 of 4)

This article originally appeared in the 2Q17 edition of Battery Power Magazine. The article is published on our blog in 4 parts. You can access the full article here.

Adaptive Charging: Intermittent or Periodic Charging vs Adaptive Charging (Part 2 of 4)

This article originally appeared in the 2Q17 edition of Battery Power Magazine. The article is published on our blog in 4 parts. You can access the full article here.

Adaptive Charging: The Inefficiencies of Continuous Float Charging (Part 1 of 4)

This article originally appeared in the 2Q17 edition of Battery Power Magazine. The article is published on our blog in 4 parts. You can access the full article here.

The accelerating growth of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and applications require continuous investment in telecommunications networks to provide the connectivity for millions of new devices. As more devices connect to the Internet, service outages become more impactful to the people and businesses that rely on IoT applications. Safeguarding telecom networks from power outages is the Valve Regulated Lead Acid (VRLA) battery. Stationary VRLAs are ubiquitously used at broadband, wireless and cable sites, and millions are in service across the country. Unfortunately, almost all of these batteries, and thus the sites that depend on them, are vulnerable to a reliability-damaging standard: float charging. While float charging will maintain batteries at full charge, it can have a damaging impact on the service life of the battery, which introduces risk and increases maintenance costs. There is a better way to charge batteries, Adaptive Charging, that mitigates the degrading effects of float charge, extending battery life and reducing maintenance costs.